In addition to the emotional costs, one study found that sexually violent acts against children in the state of Minnesota alone (ages 0-14) cost $71 billion every year, or 61% of the cost of all violent crime for this age group. (Miller, T., D. Taylor, and M. Sheppard. (2007) Costs of Sexual Violence in Minnesota. St. Paul: Minnesota Department of Health, Sexual Violence Prevention Program, Injury and Violence Protection Unit, Center for Health Promotion, Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Division. http://www.health.state.mn.us/svp.)